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MathXL® is the homework and assessment engine that runs MyStatLab. (MyStatLab is MathXL plus a learning management system.) With MathXL for Statistics, instructors can Create, edit, and assign online homework and tests using algorithmically generated exercises correlated at the objective level to the textbook. Create and assign their own online exercises and import TestGen tests for added flexibility. Maintain records of all student work, tracked in MathXL’s online gradebook. With MathXL for Statistics, students can Take chapter tests in MathXL and receive personalized study plans and/or personalized homework assignments based on their test results. Use the study plan and/or the homework to link directly to tutorial exercises for the objectives they need to study. Students can also access supplemental animations and video clips directly from selected exercises. MathXL for Statistics is available to qualified adopters. For more information, visit our website at www.mathxl.com, or contact your Pearson representative. URL: http://www.mathxl.com

Table of Contents:
Preface Supplements How to Succeed in Your Statistics Course Applications Index   1. Speaking of Statistics 1.1 What Is/Are Statistics? 1.2 Sampling 1.3 Types of Statistical Studies 1.4 Should You Believe a Statistical Study? FOCUS ON PSYCHOLOGY: Are You Driving “Drunk” on Your Cell Phone? FOCUS ON PUBLIC HEALTH: Is Your Lifestyle Healthy?   2. Measurement in Statistics 2.1 Data Types and Levels of Measurement 2.2 Dealing with Errors 2.3 Uses of Percentages in Statistics 2.4 Index Numbers USING TECHNOLOGY: Inflation Calculator FOCUS ON POLITICS: Who Benefited Most from Lower Tax Rates? FOCUS ON ECONOMICS: Can a Redefined CPI Help the National Debt?   3. Visual Displays of Data 3.1 Frequency Tables USING TECHNOLOGY: Frequency Tables 3.2 Picturing Distributions of Data USING TECHNOLOGY: Bar Graphs USING TECHNOLOGY: Pie Charts USING TECHNOLOGY: Line Charts and Histograms 3.3 Graphics in the Media USING TECHNOLOGY: Graphs with Multiple Data Sets 3.4 A Few Cautions about Graphics FOCUS ON HISTORY: Can War Be Described with a Graph? FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENT: Are We Changing Earth’s Atmosphere?   4. Describing Data 4.1 What Is Average? USING TECHNOLOGY: Mean, Median, and Mode 4.2 Shapes of Distributions 4.3 Measures of Variation USING TECHNOLOGY: Quartiles USING TECHNOLOGY: Boxplots USING TECHNOLOGY: Standard Deviation 4.4 Statistical Paradoxes FOCUS ON THE STOCK MARKET: What’s Average about the Dow? FOCUS ON ECONOMICS: Are the Rich Getting Richer?   5. A Normal World 5.1 What Is Normal? 5.2 Properties of the Normal Distribution USING TECHNOLOGY: Standard Scores and Percentiles 5.3 The Central Limit Theorem FOCUS ON EDUCATION: What Can We Learn from SAT Trends? FOCUS ON PSYCHOLOGY: Are We Smarter Than Our Parents?   6. Probability in Statistics 6.1 The Role of Probability in Statistics: Statistical Significance 6.2 Basics of Probability 6.3 The Law of Large Numbers 6.4 Ideas of Risk and Life Expectancy 6.5 Combining Probabilities (Supplementary Section) FOCUS ON SOCIAL SCIENCE: Do Lotteries Harm the Poor? FOCUS ON LAW: Is DNA Analysis Reliable?   7. Correlation and Causality 7.1 Seeking Correlation USING TECHNOLOGY: Scatterplots and Correlation Coefficients 7.2 Interpreting Correlations 7.3 Best-Fit Lines and Prediction 7.4 The Search for Causality FOCUS ON EDUCATION: What Helps Children Learn to Read? FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENT: What Is Causing Global Warming?   8. Inferences from Samples to Populations 8.1 Sampling Distributions 8.2 Estimating Population Means USING TECHNOLOGY: Confidence Interval for a Population Mean 8.3 Estimating Population Proportions USING TECHNOLOGY: Confidence Interval for a Population Proportion FOCUS ON HISTORY: Where Did Statistics Begin? FOCUS ON LITERATURE: How Many Words Did Shakespeare Know?   9. Hypothesis Testing 9.1 Fundamentals of Hypothesis Testing 9.2 Hypothesis Tests for Population Means USING TECHNOLOGY: Hypothesis Test for a Population Mean 9.3 Hypothesis Tests for Population Proportions USING TECHNOLOGY: Hypothesis Test for a Population Proportion FOCUS ON HEALTH AND EDUCATION: Will Your Education Help You Live Longer? FOCUS ON AGRICULTURE: Are Genetically Modified Foods Safe?   10. t Tests, Two-Way Tables, and ANOVA 10.1 t Distribution for Inferences about a Mean USING TECHNOLOGY: Confidence Intervals Using the t Distribution USING TECHNOLOGY: Hypothesis Tests with the t Distribution 10.2 Hypothesis Testing with Two-Way Tables USING TECHNOLOGY: Hypothesis Testing with Two-Way Tables 10.3 Analysis of Variance (One-Way ANOVA) USING TECHNOLOGY: Analysis of Variance FOCUS ON CRIMINOLOGY: Can You Tell a Fraud When You See One? FOCUS ON EDUCATION: What Can a Fourth-Grader Do with Statistics?   Epilogue: A Perspective on Statistics Appendix A: z-Score Tables Appendix B: Table of Random Numbers Websites and Suggested Readings Glossary Credits Answers Index  


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780134509839
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0134509838
  • Publisher Date: 28 Aug 2019
  • Binding: Digital online
  • Weight: 1 gr


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